What do you get when you mix a lighter-than-air blimp with a turbine system to generate electricity? Meet Magenn’s MARS, a tethered wind turbine that’s a) more mobile than turbines planted in the ground, b) can use stronger wind currents up to 1000 feet above ground, and c ... keep reading
Written by The Next Plays in July 2010, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Green energy, Industry & Business, Innovation, Pollution, Poverty & Development (1 comment)
Ideas are a dime a dozen. They can come from anywhere, but it’s where they go that counts. Innovations are ideas making profits. Enviu is an international network organisation, scouting what they call WOW! ideas about innovative sustainable entrepreneurship, and bringing them to life. Essentially, Enviu is an ideas ... keep reading
Written by The Next Plays in July 2010, about Art & Culture, Clean Technologies, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Green energy, Industry & Business, Innovation (1 comment)
Greensulate is a product that is both better and cheaper than synthetic alternatives, that requires little energy or expense to produce because it’s grown from organic material, and that resists temperature change, stops fires and repels water in accordance with American Society for Testing and Materials International standards. Greensulate ... keep reading
Written by The Next Plays in June 2010, about Clean Technologies, Design

An ecoPortal project in Auckland, New Zealand 
Annually many tonnes of solid waste end up in landfills all over New Zealand. Industrially produced wood and plastic waste ... more »